Apocalypse Percussion Ensemble Version 2.0

Welcome to Apocalypse Percussion Ensemble version 2.0

This massive collection of aggressive scoring and concert percussion library for the Native Instruments Kontakt platform is truly unmatched in the sampling world in scope, detail, sound quality and total flexibility. This mammoth all-purpose professional drum and cymbal solution has over 40 different drums and nearly 200 articulations. Weighing in at almost 25 GB with over 25,000 samples, APE is a monster. You’ll find thunderous ensemble and solo bass drums, roaring ensemble and solo toms of all sizes, a massive 8-member snare ensemble and 6 different solo snares ranging from deep 14” wooden bodied snares all the way down to tiny 5” effect snares, ethnic drums of all shapes and sizes, clicks, clacks, hi-hats, stick and mallet rides, crashes, splashes, hybrid China crash, fx cymbals, gongs, tibetan finger cymbals and much more.

Each instrument features 3 independent microphone positions per articulation. The primary close mic position is captured within a foot of the drum heads to capture all of the deep tonality and resonance and every exquisite detail. The Mid position is set back 12 feet to get that all-around perfect live sound and the far position is 50 feet from the stage to deliver a rich, lush distant feel. Recorded in a naturally bright and spacious A-Frame hall using world class large-diaphragm Neumann microphones and pristine ultra-quiet Sound Devices preamps and recorders, we’ve carefully mixed and mastered each sample by hand to deliver explosive power, unmatched acoustic quality, wide dynamic range, and stunning life-like clarity and presence.

Microphone channel mixing is easy with our pop-up Mixer panel. You can load just the positions you need to save ram and voices and independently adjust and automate each level. In the main Master presets, you can even assign each mic position to its own Kontakt audio output for surround sound routing, external effects processing and complete mixing freedom.

You can use our expressive “Standard” presets for instant access to the full library in a classic percussion array layout. The main Ensemble All preset lets you customize your note mapping for each articulation, or load one of several common drum library mapping standards. You can load and mix any of the three mic positions and adjust room release behavior for 4 independent sub-groupings (basses, snares, auxiliary and cymbals). These let you quickly turn this massive hall ensemble into a fat, clean powerful rock drum kit with the turn of a few knobs. You can also use the front panel controls to tighten, soften and reshape the sound on the ﬂy, with swell, attack, release, offset, tuning, velocity response, and more. And if you need more detail, the individual section presets focus on each 1 section with an expanded palette of normal and ﬂam articulations, sustaining rolls, dynamic crescendos and expressive effects.

We also are proud to introduce our enhanced Megamixer. This kit-building powerhouse allows you to quickly choose from a huge variety of different drums and articulations and load them into 8 modules that you can freely customize. Designed for ﬂexibility and exceptional ram efﬁciency, it’s perfect for designing unique personal kits that you can save and load. We further expand your options with the individual section Mixer presets, with access to the broader range of articulations in each instrument category.

The Tuned 2-Layer presets allow you to create multilayered tuned articulations from any of the articulations for each sub-section. These are ideal for sound design, special effects, or simply turning any of the sounds into a unique tuned percussion instrument. And of course, we included ultra-efﬁcient “Lite” presets for every type to conserve ram and CPU power when you need it.

Apocalypse Percussion Ensemble And we now offer midi loop loading, playback and customization through our Midi playback system within every preset. Choose from 400 hand-crafted midi grooves by a variety of excellent composers and producers included in the library or create your own. You can also choose from a number of major key mapping standards and add commercial midi loops from Groove Monkey and other popular publishers. You can change the bar divisions, switch from half to normal to double-time, add swing, tighten and loosen quantization, transpose and even drag selected IRON midi loops directly into your DAW’s timeline.

You’ll ﬁnd the heavily upgraded ARP meta-arpeggiation system (aka the “Uberpeggiator”), with preset saving/

SOUND loading, humanization, EZ-roll and dozens of other options and features to create dynamic and adaptive grooves and sequences. Every preset also includes our awesome FX rack panel, with lots of multi-effects, compression, EQ, resonant lo-pass ﬁlter, distortion, amp/speaker simulation and convolution reverb with dozens of custom impulse responses. We’ve also included a robust bonus selection of ambient pads, drones, atmospheres and soundscapes crafted from the raw recordings using our own secret creative sauce.

Apocalypse Percussion Ensemble was recorded in the same acoustically-balanced hall as our famous Olympus Symphonic Choir (Mars & Venus), Mercury Symphonic Boychoir, Montclarion Hall Piano, Struck Grand Piano, Cymbology, Anklung and Tuned Artillery libraries, so it blends perfectly with a whole host of great libraries. We captured it over an exhaustive two week session, recording late into the night. We trucked in a mountain of drums and cymbals and pounded on them with every kind of stick, mallet and blunt instrument we could ﬁnd. Once the blood and wood chips had settled, we had captured an average of 12 round-robin per velocity layer with up to 14 velocities each. We then painstakingly programmed each instrument with a galaxy of comprehensive and exclusive control and playability features and a totally smooth workﬂow. We’ve expanded the library with a wide range of uniquely powerful tools that let you personalize the library to your own needs and push it far beyond any other percussion library in its class.

We here at Soundiron are no strangers to epic percussion. Those who know our work are familiar with the passion, exacting precision and attention to detail we deliver. Apocalypse Percussion Ensemble is the culmination of all of our years of experience, distilled into the most comprehensive and earth-shaking hall percussion package available anywhere on the market. We set out to build a monster that punched harder, rumbled deeper, cut through the mix cleaner and got the job done like no other could. We wanted a massive sound and responsive playability, without compromising user ﬂexibility and choice. APE has a sound that just works right out of the box, with all of the beef and none of the noise. This beast gets it done.

See Page 22 for a full list of drums and articulations. See Page 24 for all of the version 2.0 release notes to see what we’ve added in this newly expanded second edition. See Page 13 for Midi loop pack installation instructions.

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2 SOUNDIRON version Apocalypse Percussion Ensemble 2.0

60 open format Kontakt .nki instrument presets 25,171 Samples 24.8 GB Installed 24bit / 48kHz stereo wav samples (non-compressed) 400 Midi Grooves Over 60 drums and cymbals and a total of 200+ articulations 3 microphone positions with custom mixing, routing and loading Customizable key mapping and template design, saving and loading Adaptive meta-arpeggiator system, and DSP Effects Rack Midi Groove loading, playback and customization

Note: The full version of Kontakt 5.1 or later is required for all Kontakt presets. The free Kontakt “Player” and Libraries rack do not support this library.

CREDITS

Production, Recording, Editing, Programming Midi Grooves Mike Peaslee, Gregg Stephens & Chris Marshall Blake Ewing, Chris Marshall, Dirk Ehlert, Gregg Stephens, Ian Dorsch, Johnny Knittle, Marie-Anne Fischer, Mike Peaslee, Sascha Systems Design Knorr, Si Begg, Simon Russell, Tino Danielzik, Xiaotian Shi. Chris Marshall Team Beta Scripting Blake Ewing, Deane Ogden, Dirk Ehlert, Ian Dorsch, Johnny Chris Marshall & Gregg Stephens Knittle, Marie-Anne Fischer, Max Zhdanov, Oliver Codd, Paul Amos, Russell Bell, Ryan Scully, Sascha Knorr, Simon Begg, Simon UI Design and Artwork Russell, Tino Danielzik, Xiaotian Shi. Constructive Stumblings, Chris Marshall, Gregg Stephens Dan Tritton and Mike Peaslee Special Thanks Paul Stoughton, Geoff Garnett, Max Adams, Eric Smith, Alan Documentation & Photos Kleinschmidt and the inﬁnite patience and loving support of our Mike Peaslee families.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

General :: INTRODUCTION - Page 1 - 2 OVERVIEW & CREDITS - Page 3

Technical :: FIDELITY & SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS - Page 4 INSTALLATION & LOADING - Page 4

User Interface :: STANDARD MAIN & SECTION GUI - Pages 5 - 7 MAGAMIXER & SECTION MIXER GUI - Pages 8 - 9 TUNED DUAL-LAYER GUI - Page 10

POP-UP CONTROL WINDOWS - Page 11 ARPEGGIATOR POP-UP WINODW - Page 12 MIDI LOOP PLAYER SYSTEM - Page 13 FX RACK - Pages 14 - 16

Instrument Preset Descriptions :: STANDARD INSTRUMENT PRESETS - Pages 17 - 18 MEGAMIXER & MIXER PRESETS - Pages 18 - 20 TUNED & AMBIENT PRESETS - Pages 20 - 21

Info :: DRUM & ARTICULATION LIST - Page 22 LICENSE AGREEMENT - Page 23 3 VERSION NOTES & THANK YOU - Page 24 Format message for all files in your download queue display the word "INSTALLED". Please don't close the downloader while it's actively downloading, unless you press the pause button first. To All of the sample content is included as standard open PCM wav resume downloading, press the Resume button. If you need to files to allow you easy access to manipulate, reprogram and resume downloading after closing the downloader, run it again and customize the sounds however you wish. We know that it’s enter your code and press Download again. Then select the same important for many users to be able to go beyond the limitations download/installation location on your computer that you chose of any one format, so we’ve kept this library’s directories and files originally. open for our advanced users. As a professional, you may have your own workflow or format requirements, and we trust that you'll If the downloader reports a DL Error or Install error, it will respect our hard work and won't share this content with anyone automatically try to download the file again until it successfully who hasn't paid for it. downloads and verifies all the data it needs. It’s best to allow it to finish the process before trying to move or access the library You’ll need the full retail version of Native Instruments Kontakt data. Please see your download email for more detailed 5.1.0 or later to use the nki presets in this library. The free instructions. Kontakt “Player” and any other version of Kontakt that came bundled with another library or software product (other than NI’s If you have any trouble with our Downloader utility or prefer to

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Download Just copy the “Soundiron APE Midi” folder from inside your new “Soundiron Apocalypse Percussion Ensemble 2” installation We provide the Continuata Connect download manager to offer directory. Then paste it into the Kontakt 5 user folder path listed high-speed, reliable and fully automated library downloading and above. If you’ve mapped your user documents folder to a different installation. Download and run the latest version for your OS (PC location that contains the Native Instruments/Kontakt 5 folder, you or Mac) before proceeding. You may also need to add special may need to copy it to that location instead. See Page 13 for more permissions to your security software for the downloader, if it info. blocks applications from accessing the web. Preset Loading Next, copy-paste your download code from your download email into the Code box in the downloader window. Press the download Once installation is complete, you can browse and load the button and select the location you'd like to download and install included .nki presets using the Files, Quickload or Database tabs in the library. It will automatically start downloading the file(s) and the Kontakt Browser, or through the main File load/save menu. then error-check, extract and install the finished library. Once Please allow any current preset to finish loading completely before installation is fully complete, you can remove the .rar download loading a new one. You can’t use the Libraries view to load files and store them in a safe place as a back-up copy. We always standard open-format Kontakt Instruments like this library. Only recommend downloading the latest version of our downloader locked “Powered-By-Kontakt” Libraries are visible to that before you begin. The link in your email will always take you to the propriety browser view. The “Add-Library” function does not latest version. support this product or any other open-format Kontakt library. This library doesn’t require any special activation. Don't move, rename, delete or modify any of the files or folders created during the download until after you see the status 4 APOCALYPSE ENSEMBLE ALL /Instruments/Master/Standard/Apocalypse Ensemble All.nki

This master ensemble preset features all of the primary multi-sampled single-stroke striking articulations for each instrument spread as single trigger keys over the full midi note range, from C-1 (midi note 12) up to to F7 (113) for direct access. This preset includes a huge number of samples and can use a lot of voices, depending on how many mic positions are loaded, so we recommend it only for situations where you have plenty of ram and CPU resources to spare. The main control interface has a variety of deep performance controls that allow complete real-time performance customization. There is also a “Lite” version of this preset available in the Lite folder, with fewer round-robins, lower voice limits and slightly reduced mixing features.

You can adjust the room release behavior for 4 different independent sections (bass, snare, auxiliary and cymbals) with the REL panel. You can create adaptive arpeggiations and simulated drum rolls with the ARP panel (See Page 11). You can load and mix your microphone positions with the MIX panel. (See Page 10) The Hi-Hat, Gong, Ride Cymbal and Ting Shag (finger cymbals) also feature automatic self-damping when you alternate between sustained and damped notes. You’ll also find a virtual all-in-one hi-hat key (default A6) that automatically transition between the different pedal positions from open to closed by midi CC (default CC11). Apocalypse Percussion Ensemble You can customize the key mapping for each articulation or load mapping presets from a variety of common standards and load and play back midi loops on the Midi/Mapping tab (See Page 6). The FX Rack page includes a wide variety of effects, from EQs, filters and compressors to amp simulation, chorus/flange/phase and convolution reverb (See Page 12). And you can assign any midi CC to any

IRON knob, button or slider by right-clicking it (command-click on OSX), pressing the “Assign Midi CC” box that pops up and moving any midi controller you wish to assign. SOUND

Click the REL button in the lower left to open the Room Release pop-up window. Here you can independently control the room release time for each of the four main percussion categories, or press the Link button to lock a group of two or more of them together.

Swell - (CC72) Offset - (CC91) This knob smoothly controls volume swelling for the This controls the amount of sample start offset allowing you to instrument, allowing you to ﬁne-tune volume, or sculpt skip ahead into the samples. Use this to tighten articulation crescendos and decrescendos over time. attacks and or to create more distant pad-like feel.

Attack - (CC 74) Pitch This knob controls the sharpness of attack. Increasing the value This knob controls the amount of pitch shifting, allowing you to causes the sound to attack more softly. globally tune an instrument up or down by +- 36 semitones.

HI-HAT Midi CC - (Default CC11) Velocity This value sets the midi CC that will control the pedal for the This attenuates the incoming midi note velocity for all notes. special all-in-one hi-hat cymbal articulation. When you play the You can increase the relative velocity with this to focus on the all-in-one hi-hat key, the CC you assign here will choose how louder dynamics or decrease it to focus more on softer much pedal damping to apply to the sound, and switch between dynamics. the different articulations ranging from wide-open to clamped tight. This special key is mapped to A6 by default, but you can Humanize move it to a different key by using the Midi/Mapping tab at the This allows you to globally add subtle and organic variability to bottom. (See Page 6) note velocity, pitch and timing for all incoming midi notes. 5 APOCALYPSE ENSEMBLE ALL (continued...)

This preset includes a custom key mapping interface that allows you to assign any of the available instrument articulations to any midi key. You can save and load your own custom maps, or chose from a number of different industry standard mapping templates through the Preset drop-down menu. You can also load, playback and manipulate hundreds of Midi drum loops included with this library in the Midi Loop Select interface. Click on the Midi/Mapping tab at the bottom of the instrument to open this interface page. Apocalypse Percussion Ensemble IRON SOUND

Midi Loop Select Menu Preset Menu This menu allows you to load and play back a variety of This allows you to load common drum map templates used standard midi drum loops in this library. Use the file browser by a number of popular drum kit libraries. Apocalypse to select a .mid file and double-click to load it. Be sure to Percussion Ensemble is unique and intended for a different copy the “Soundiron APE Midi” folder into the Kontakt 5 purpose than any typical rock drum library. It has a different user data folder stored on your main OS drive here: array of sounds that would make a direct 1:1 mapping ratio for every drum articulation virtually impossible. However, /Users/< name >/Documents/Native Instruments/Kontakt 5/ there are plenty of analogous sounds that can work very well with other drum libraries. The flexible control options See Page 13 for more info on installing the midi pack. and variety of sounds we offer make this library a very powerful tool to integrate with your existing creative Play Button workflow. Press the Play button to start midi playback. You must first load a midi loop by double-clicking on any file. You can skip You can also use this menu to load any custom presets that to another midi loop by double clicking on another midi file you have created and saved with the Save button to the or by using the left and right arrow buttons. right. You can store 25 user-generated custom drum maps here. The Delete button erases any currently selected user- Drag & Drop Icon generated drum map. The default maps cannot be deleted. After loading a Midi loop, click the Plus Sign at the top and drag it into any program that allows midi clip pasting, such as Key Edit Box a midi track or midi editor in your DAW. First, type the midi key you’d like to assign an Articulation to.You can type in a midi note name or number. Quantize You can quantize or loosen the notes with this knob, using 6 Select By Midi different grid divisions available in the Grid Size menu. Or you can turn on the Select By Midi button and play any midi note to choose that key for assignment. Swing Add swing to the rhythm with this control. This can create Instrument Menu very cool results when used with Quantize and Grid Size. Next, select the Instrument you’d like to assign to the key. This menu always displays the currently assigned instrument Velocity for that chosen midi key. This attenuates the note velocity for the loop to globally shift everything up or down in dynamic intensity. Articulation Menu Then, select the specific Articulation you’d like to assign to Tempo the key. This menu always displays the currently assigned 6 You can choose half-time, normal and double-time playback. articulation for the chosen midi key. STANDARD SECTION PRESETS /Instruments/Master/Standard/...

There are 9 standard section presets in addition to the main Apocalypse Ensemble All preset. These each focus on a different percussion section. Each preset includes all of the articulations for that section in its entirely, spread over a wide midi note range, including all single-strokes, ﬂams, rolls, crescendos and other effects. These presets share the same Swell, Attack, Offset, Pitch, Velocity and Humanize control features found in the Apocalypse Ensemble All Preset. We describe those controls in detail on Page 5, so in this section we’ll just cover the new material. You’ll also ﬁnd the ARP pop-up panel to generate dynamic arpeggiation and drum roll simulation (See Page 11) and the MIX pop-up panel to adjust mic position loading, volume and output routing (See Page 10).

You can load and play back midi loops on the Midi Loops tab (See Page 13). The FX Rack page includes a wide variety of effects, from EQs, ﬁlters and compressors to amp simulation, chorus/ﬂange/phase and convolution reverb (See Page 12). And You can assign a midi CC to any knob, button or slider by right-clicking it, pressing the “Assign Midi CC” pops-up and moving any midi controller. There is also a “Lite” version of each section preset available in the Lite directory, with fewer round-robins, lower voice limits and slightly reduced mixing features to conserve resources when needed. Apocalypse Percussion Ensemble IRON Most of the individual section presets have multisampled single-note strikes, which are visible as the blue key range in the Kontakt keyboard view. SOUND

The Solo Snares, Solo Bass & Toms and Ensemble Cymbals presets include multisampled single-note strikes, sustaining rolls and special one-shot effects.

The Cymbal Effects preset keyboard view shows each cymbal type, from left to right: ensemble crash rolls and effects, solo crash rolls and effects, ting shag ﬁnger All of the Standard sections are grouped into these main instrument presets: cymbal rolls, gong rolls and effects, ride 1 stick rolls and • Ensemble Bass & Toms • Ensemble Snares effects, ride 2 suspended cymbal mallet rolls and effects. • Ensemble Clacks • Solo Bass & Toms • Ensemble Cymbal Effects • Solo Ethnic Drums • Ensemble Cymbals • Solo Snares • Ensemble Ethnic Drums

Swell - (CC72) Release - (CC93) This knob controls volume swelling. In Solo presets with This sets the room release time globally, allowing you to shape sustaining drum or cymbal rolls, this also controls dynamic how large or small the space sounds. layer blending and is also controlled by the Modwheel (CC1). Pitch Attack - (CC 74) This pitches the instrument up or down by up to +- 36 This knob controls note attack contour. semitones.

HI-HAT Midi CC - (Default CC11) Velocity This is only found in the Apocalypse Ensemble Cymbals This attenuates the incoming midi note velocity for all notes preset. It assigns a midi CC to the hi-hat pedal for the special to increase or decrease dynamic intensity. all-in-one hi-hat articulation. When you play keys on F#1 - G1, you can control pedal damping with the CC, ranging from Humanize wide-open to clamped tight. This adds subtle variation to note velocity, pitch and timing for incoming notes. Offset - (CC91) This offsets the sample playback start position. 7 MEGAMIXER /Instruments/Master/Megamixer/Apocalypse Ensemble All Megamixer.nki

The Megamixer is a unique drum kit utility that lets you build your own custom ensembles, using only the ram, sample load and key range required for your custom kit. It’s easy to set up and fine tune and you can save and load your kits. The Megamixer now has 8 instrument modules that you can load and customize. You can choose from any of the instruments in the library and then select from all of the same single-stroke multi-sampled articulations that you’ll find in the main “Apocalypse Ensemble All” preset. There is also a “Lite” version of this preset available in the Lite folder, with fewer round-robins, lower voice limits and slightly reduced mixing features for even greater resource efficiency when needed.

Each of the 8 modules has its own volume, velocity attenuation, pan, pitch, room release, root key, key range and tuned/untuned button to switch between “tuned” chromatic and “untuned” monotimbral modes. You can also globally adjust volume Swell, sample start Offset, note Attack curve and the Hi-Hat pedal control Midi CC for the special all-in-one Hi-Hat articulation, which is active when you’ve assigned the Hi-Hat “All (CC)” articulation to one of the modules. You’ll also ﬁnd the ARP pop-up panel to generate dynamic arpeggiation and drum roll simulation (See Page 11) and the MIX pop-up panel to adjust mic position loading, volume and Apocalypse Percussion Ensemble output routing (See Page 10). IRON SOUND

When viewing the Kontakt keyboard window, we display key coloring to identify active key ranges. The blue area shows the full range for the Megamixer. The red keys show the assigned Range for the module being currently edited. The green key shows the assigned Root Key for the module being edited. The white keys are empty.

MODULE WINDOWS Release Click on the drum graphic window in any module to choose an This sets the room release time for each module. instrument to load into it. When a module has no sounds loaded, it will display “Select Drum”. Click there to select an instrument Articulation Selection Menu and then choose the speciﬁc articulation you want using the Click here to select one of the available articulations for the Module Editor area. drum you have loaded in each module.

Edit Button Tuned/Untuned Button To edit the parameter settings for that module, click the EDIT When Tuned, this causes the notes for the module to be spread button for that module. This will display the module’s controls in chromatically over it’s assigned key range, relative the "Root Key" the Module Editor area. setting. Use this to create pitched tom notes or tuned percussion sounds. When Untuned, any note played within a Volume module’s assigned key range will play at the same pitch. This is This sets the volume for each module. ideal for fast live playing with multiple ﬁngers.

Velocity Root Key This adjusts midi note velocity up or down when a note is played This assigns the root key for the module when the module is in for each module, allowing you to individually attenuate the Tuned mode. Type in a value or press the SET button and play dynamic bias for each articulation. any key to assign a key as the Root.

Pan Range This allows you to place the sound in each module in your stereo This assigns the playable key range for a module. Modules can ﬁeld. have overlapping or shared key ranges. The lower range boundary setting is on the left. The upper range boundary setting Pitch is on the right. To change each setting, you can type in a new This shifts the pitch of sound in each module up & down. value or simply press the SET button to the side and play any key to assign that as the new value for that boundary. 8 SECTION MIXER PRESETS /Instruments/Master/Megamixer/...

The 8 individual section mixer presets divide the instruments into sub-types, featuring the same content as the corresponding Standard section presets. These allow a similar fast plug-and-play functionality that you’ll ﬁnd in the Standard presets, but they allow more detailed control over each sub-section within the instrument group by dividing instruments into 4 category modules, each with a variety of different independent parameter controls to shape each sound. There is also a “Lite” version of this preset available in the Lite folder, with fewer round-robins, lower voice limits and slightly reduced mixing features for even greater resource efﬁciency when needed.

Each of the 4 modules has its own volume, pan, release, velocity attenuation, pan and pitch settings. You can also globally adjust volume Swell, sample start Offset, note Attack curve and the Hi-Hat pedal control Midi CC for the special all-in-one Hi-Hat articulation in the Cymbal Mixer preset. You’ll also find the ARP pop-up panel to generate dynamic arpeggiation and drum roll simulation (See Page 11) and the MIX pop-up panel to adjust mic position loading, volume and output routing (See Page 10). You can load and play back midi loops on the Midi Loops tab (See Page 13). The FX Rack page includes a wide variety of effects, from EQs, Apocalypse Percussion Ensemble filters and compressors to amp simulation, chorus/flange/phase and convolution reverb (See Page 12). IRON

When viewing the Kontakt keyboard SOUND window, we display key coloring to identify active key ranges. The blue area shows the key range for Module 1. The red keys show the range for Module 2. The green keys show the range for Module 3 and the yellow keys show the range for Module 4. You can see matching color-coded borders around the image windows in each module.

The Cymbals Mixer preset also includes rolls and special effects, mapped in the upper key range of the preset located off to the right from the regular multi-samples.

GLOBAL CONTROLS MODULE CONTROLS

Swell - (CC72) Volume This knob smoothly controls volume swelling for the instrument, This sets the volume for each module. allowing you to ﬁne-tune volume, or sculpt crescendos and decrescendos over time. In Solo presets with sustaining drum Pan or cymbal rolls, this also controls dynamic layer blending and This allows you to place the sound in each module in your stereo is also controlled by the Modwheel (CC1). ﬁeld.

Attack - (CC 74) Release This knob controls the sharpness of attack. Increasing the value This sets the room release time for each module. Lower values causes the sound to attack more softly. can allow you to simulate a nearly bone-dry studio sound.

Offset - (CC91) Velocity This controls the amount of sample start offset allowing you to This adjusts midi note velocity up or down when a note is played skip ahead into the samples. Use this to tighten articulation for each module, allowing you to individually attenuate the attacks and or to create more a distant pad-like feel. dynamic bias for each articulation.

HI-HAT Midi CC - (Default CC11) Pitch This is only found in the Apocalypse Ensemble Cymbals This shifts the pitch of sound in each module up & down by up to preset. It assigns a midi CC to the hi-hat pedal for the special all- +/- 36 semitones. in-one hi-hat articulation. When you play keys on F#1 - G1, you can control pedal damping with the CC, ranging from wide-open to clamped tight.

9 TUNED DUAL-LAYER PRESETS /Instruments/Master/Tuned Dual-Layer/...

The 10 dual-layer mixer presets divide the instruments into sub-types, featuring the same content as the Standard individual drum section and section Mixer presets. These are designed to allow you to focus on a single articulation (or a pair of them) at a time and spread it chromatically as a tuned percussion instrument over the entire key range. Use the drop-down Select menus to choose an articulation for Layer module 1 or 2 and freely adjust the full array of independent controls and key range settings for each layer to create your own unique hybrids. The Apocalypse Ambiences preset also uses this system. There is also a “Lite” version of each of these presets located in the Lite folder, with fewer round-robins, lower voice limits and slightly reduced mixing features for even greater resource efﬁciency when needed.

Each of the two fully independent layer modules has its own swell, attack, offset, release, pitch, pan and velocity attenuation control. The KEYS panel allows you to arrange custom key mapping for each of the two modules. You’ll also ﬁnd the ARP pop-up panel to generate dynamic arpeggiation and drum roll simulation (See Page 11) and the MIX pop-up panel to adjust mic position loading, volume and output routing (See Page 10). Apocalypse Percussion Ensemble IRON SOUND

The KEYS pop-up window provides key range and key-switch control for both module layers.

The Range values set the playable key range for each module. Modules can have overlapping ranges.

The Keyswitch values set the starting note location for the articulation Select menu key- switches for each layer. The total number of key- switches is deﬁned by the number of available articulations. The On/Off buttons disable and hide the key-switches. The Kontakt keyboard view displays a red keyrange for the module #1 selector key-switches and a green range for module #2 key-switches. The To change each setting, you can type in a new value dark blue range shows the playable note range for module 1 and light blue (midi note name or number) directly into each box. for module 2. The yellow range is where the module’s playable ranges Or simply press the SET button next to each one overlap each other. The black/white inverted keys show the root pitch for and play any key to assign that note as the new each module, depending on current settings of each pitch knob. value. Please set the values one at a time.

Select Menu Offset - (CC91 & 92) This drop-down menu selects the individual articulation that you This controls the amount of sample start offset allowing you to would like to load into the module. You can automate the current skip ahead into the samples. Use this to tighten articulation selection with a midi CC to switch between articulations in real- attacks and or to create more distant pad-like feel. time. Just right-click (command-click on OSX) on the “SELECT” label above the menu, then click on the “Assign Midi CC” pop-up Release - (CC93 & 94) that appears and move any midi CC assigned to the same channel This sets the room release time for each module. Lower values as the instrument. To turn off and bypass a module, select Off. can allow you to simulate a nearly bone-dry studio sound.

Or, you can use the layer selection key-switches to select the Pitch articulation via midi. These key-switches are activated and are This shifts the pitch of sound in each module up & down by up to assigned in the Keys pop-up window. +/- 36 semitones. This setting is displayed in the Kontakt keyboard view as an inverted black/white key. Swell - (CC72 & 73) This smoothly controls volume swelling for the instrument, Pan allowing you to ﬁne-tune volume, or shape dynamic rolls, This allows you to place the sound in each module in your stereo crescendos and decrescendos over time. ﬁeld.

Attack - (CC 74 & 75) Velocity This controls the sharpness of attack. This adjusts midi note velocity up or down when a note is played. 10 POP-UP CONTROL WINDOWS

The buttons in the lower left corner of each preset access several different types of control windows for different functions, depending on the preset. To open them, click the buttons. To close them, click the button again or press the white X button in the top right corner of the pop-up window.

The MIX pop-up window in all presets allows custom mic position loading, mixing and output routing. The three Volume Sliders smoothly adjust the volume for each mic position.

The On/Off Buttons enable or bypass each mic position. Turning a position On will load its samples into ram. Turning it off will unload the samples again. Please

Apocalypse Percussion Ensemble allow loading to fully complete before playing notes or making other changes.

The OUT routing menus allow you to assign the audio output path for each mic position. The DEFAULT sends the audio through the main bus and DSP FX Rack signal chain and then out through any Kontakt output that is currently IRON assigned at the top of the instrument preset.

Setting a mic position to OUT 1 or higher will send the audio directly to any one of Kontakt’s audio output channels. This will also bypass the FX Rack signal chain entirely. The menu will only display currently active Kontakt audio output channels. You can create new audio

SOUND outputs in Kontakt’s Output window by pressing the Output button at the top of Kontakt. Once you have created your output channels and assigned them to a valid hardware or sequencer audio output connection, reload the instrument preset to refresh the menu.

The KEYS pop-up window in the Tuned Dual-Layer presets allows key range and key-switch control for both module layers. To change each setting, you can type in a new value (midi note name or number) directly into each box. Or simply press the SET button next to each one and play any key to assign that note as the new value. Please set the values one at a time.

The Range values set the playable key range for each layer module. Overlapping ranges are allowed.

The Keyswitch values set the starting note location for the articulation Select menu key-switches for each layer module. The total number of key-switches is deﬁned by the number of available articulations. The On/Off buttons disable and hide the key-switches.

The Room Release (“REL”) pop-up window in the main Apocalypse Ensemble All preset allows you to independently control the room Release duration for four main percussion groups: Basses, Snares, Cymbals and Auxiliary/Ethnic Drums. Lower values can create the feeling of a close, dry environment while higher values reveal the full natural reverberant sound of our recording hall. Setting these values differently can open creative possibilities and allow you to sculpt unique drum kits.

Press the Link buttons to lock two or more groups together.

11 ARP POP-UP CONTROL WINDOW

The Arp pop-up panel is an advanced arpeggiation design tool included in nearly all of this library’s presets. We also often call this system the “Uberpeggiator”. You can choose from multiple cycling modes, chord and scale constraints, directional variables, tempos and beat divisions and even set up your own custom arpeggiation velocity step sequences. It’s also great for creating simulated drum rolls with the EZ-Roll Mode. You can also save and load your own custom arpeggiation settings using the Save and Load buttons. Apocalypse Percussion Ensemble IRON SOUND Mode Pitch Scale Selector This knob controls the Arpeggiator Sets the pitch up or down in quarter- Binds the arpeggiation sequence to a mode. Choosing Off disables the Arp tone intervals for each repeat after the specific scale that you can choose by system entirely. initial note is pressed and it remains in a turning the knob. • On sets it to respond only while a pseudo legato state as long as any key is note is pressed, cycling through all held held down. Changing this setting in real- notes as it arpeggiates. time allows extreme stair-step effects and Free/Constrain Button • Hold sets it to automatically sustain creative groove, tuning and beat Limits and adjusts any new note to the one note at a time, (monophonic) so alterations. currently selected scale and key. that changing keys changes the note that is repeating. Note Order Menu Velocity Graph Sequencer • Hold +- sets it to allow new notes to This drop-down menu allows you to This graph allows you to draw the be added to the automated chain of select any number of simple or complex velocities that you want each step in your repeats. cycle patterns that the arpeggiation will arpeggiation sequence to play at. • EZ Roll is a special mode that allows follow as it plays through the sequence of easy single-stroke roll creation, based notes you have triggered. Choosing “As Reset on your tempo, rhythm and the Played” will cause it to follow the original This button resets all steps in the graph amount of swing and randomization order you played the notes in, with the to a default value of 0 (blank). you want on the timing and velocity of newest note always added to the end of each stroke. Most other controls are the chain. Steps bypassed.You can use the velocity table This setting determines the number of or use incoming velocities “As Played”. Swing sequencer steps (2 - 32) that can be set This sets the amount of rhythmic offset with the velocity graph step sequencer. Hits and Hit % Knobs (swing) between notes. Values below zero Hits sets the number of repeats of each cause the notes to play ahead of the Velocity Sequencer On/Off note BEFORE moving on to the next beat. Values above zero cause the notes The round button on the lower left note in the arp sequence, and Hit % sets to play after the beat. corner of the Velocity Sequencer Graph the intensity fall-off rate for each repeat, window activates the sequence. When before resetting for the next note. Duration active, the arpeggiation follows the This knob allows the user to fine-tune velocities that you’ve drawn on the graph Repeat Setting the length of each note. Using this, one from left to right. When it is bypassed, This sets the direction of the up or down can shorten the note to staccato-like each note is played at the velocity that repeats. pulses or extend them beyond the you play it at. normal beat length. When used with Rhythm sustaining roll articulations, this controls Save This sets the speed of arpeggiation, as the length of the roll before it is released This “disk” icon button allows you to measured in musical time, ranging from for each arpeggiated step. save your Arp panel settings. whole bars to 128th notes. Fast settings can yield interesting results, but keep in Key Selector Knob Load mind that the faster the speed, the more Binds the arpeggiation scale you’ve This “folder” icon allows you to load voices you use. chosen to a specific key. previously saved Arp panel settings.

12 MIDI LOOPS

The Midi Loop Select interface allows you to load, playback and manipulate hundreds of Midi drum loops included with this library. Note that any midi file can be loaded from any preset containing the Midi Loops interface, although the loops were created from specific presets. Many of the included midi files contain the preset name used to create them.

***Please follow the instructions below to install the midi loops in order to use them in the Midi Loop Select interface. ***

Midi Loop Select Menu Use the ﬁle browser to select and double-click any midi ﬁle to load it. This menu allows you to load and play back the midi drum loops that we have included with this library in the “Soundiron APE Midi” folder, once you have installed that

Apocalypse Percussion Ensemble folder in your Native Instruments/Kontakt 5 user data folder. You can also load other standard midi ﬁles from popular publishers like Groove Monkey, simply by adding them to the “Soundiron Ape Midi” directory once it’s installed.

IRON Play Button Press the Play button to start midi playback. You can skip to another loop by double clicking on another ﬁle. Or use the left and right arrow buttons to skip to the next or go

SOUND back.

Drag & Drop Icon After loading a loop, click and hold the Plus Sign at the top and drag your cursor into any program that allows midi clip pasting, such as a midi track or midi editor in your DAW. Velocity This attenuates the note velocity for the loop to globally shift Quantize everything up or down in dynamic intensity. You can quantize or loosen the notes with this knob, using 6 different grid divisions available in the Grid Size menu. Transpose This shifts all midi note values up or down in semitone steps. Swing Add swing to the rhythm with this control. This can create Tempo very cool results when used with Quantize and Grid Size. You can choose half-time, normal and double-time playback.

INSTALLING THE SOUNDIRON APE MIDI FOLDER

You can use the Midi loops included with this library in any midi-compatible environment outside of Kontakt that you like. However, if you wish to use our integrated Midi Loop Playback system in these Kontakt instrument presets, you must first manually install the Soundiron APE Midi pack into your Kontakt user data directory.You’ll find the Soundiron APE Midi folder inside your new “Soundiron Apocalypse Percussion Ensemble 2” main directory. This step is necessary to allow Kontakt to automatically locate the Midi loops through the scripted Midi browser interface. The Kontakt 5 user data folder is typically located in your Documents folder. You should be able to find that folder by following this path on your main OS drive:

Mac: /Users/< your user name here >/Documents/Native Instruments/Kontakt 5/

PC: \Users\< your user name here >\Documents\Native Instruments\Kontakt 5\

Copy the entire Soundiron APE Midi folder directly into the Kontakt 5 folder above. Your Documents folder may be named “My Documents”. PC users will usually find this folder on their C drive. If you’ve moved your main user documents folder to a different location, check to see if it contains a Native Instruments/Kontakt 5 folder. If it does, then you may need to copy the Soundiron APE Midi foler to that location instead or copy it to both locations if you find more than one instance of the Kontakt 5 folder. The Midi loops are tiny files, so any extra copies won’t waste much space. If the Soundiron APE Midi folder is not copied to the right folder, the Midi Loop Select browser window will appear empty.

Once you have finished this step, you’ll be able to see the directory listing in the Midi Loop Select browser window in the APE interface. You can also copy your own midi files into the Soundiron Ape Midi folder after it is installed. This will allow you to load and play them from inside of the APE midi playback system. If you add a midi file to the Soundiron Ape Midi folder while an APE preset is already loaded in Kontakt, simply close and reload the instrument to refresh the browser. 13 FX RACK

The FX Rack tab contains our advanced, ﬂexible FX Rack that integrates many of Kontakt’s built-in effects. The following section describes all of the available effects. The FX Rack is accessible in all presets by clicking on the UI tab at the bottom of the instrument labeled “FX Rack.” Apocalypse Percussion Ensemble IRON SOUND

Effect Types and Controls

Mod Controls The Mod FX module features Chorus, Flanger and Phaser effects.

Power Button - Toggles the effect on and off.

Dropdown - Use this dropdown menu to select the active effect. Depth - This knob controls the depth (intensity) of the selected effect. Rate - This knob controls the Rate of the selected effect. Mix - This knob controls the amount of wet and dry output of Feedback - This knob (not available in Chorus mode) control the effect. Values left-of-center reduce the wet level, while values the amount of feedback for the active effect. right-of-center keep wet levels the same but reduces the dry level. Phase - This knob controls the Phase of the active effect.

Dynamics Controls The Dynamics FX module is a configurable compressor.

Power Button - Toggles the effect on and off.

Threshold - This knob controls the volume threshold of the compressor. Release - This knob controls the release time of the compressor. Ratio - This knob controls the ratio of the compressor. The value is displayed to the right. Makeup - This knob controls the makeup of the compressor.

Attack - This knob controls the attack time of the compressor. 14 FX Rack continued...

Drive Controls The Drive FX module features a variety of distortions: Distortion, Skreamer, Tape Saturator and De-Rez (Lo-Fi).

Power Button - Toggles the effect on and off. Lows - This knob (when available) controls the level of low Dropdown - Use this dropdown menu to select the active (bass) frequencies. distortion effect. Highs - This knob (when available) controls the level of high Drive - This knob controls the amount of the distortion effect. (treble) frequencies.

Volume - This knob controls the output level of the Tone - This knob (only in Skreamer mode) controls the tone Apocalypse Percussion Ensemble distortion effect. level of the Skreamer effect.

Degrade - This knob (only available in De-Rez mode) control the amount of bit crushing that the Lo-Fi effect does. IRON

SOUND Amp Controls The Amp FX module is a configurable amp simulation effect. It includes the “Twang” and new “Jump” amp simulators.

Power Button - Toggles the effect on and off.

Dropdown - Use this dropdown to select between the available amp types: twang and jump. Highs - This knob controls the gain of high (treble) Volume - This knob controls the volume output level of the frequencies. amp sim. Boost Button - This button (only available in the Jump amp Drive - This knob controls the amount of extra gain on the sim) toggles HiGain mode on and off. The Volume is adjusted amp simulator. -9dB when activated to maintain relative volume while increasing the drive. Lows - This knob controls gain of low (bass) frequencies. Presence - This knob (only available in the Jump amp) Mids - This knob controls the gain of mid-level frequencies. adjusts the presence of the effect.

Cab Controls The Cab FX module is a configurable cabinet (speaker) simulation effect.

Power Button - Toggles the effect on and off.

Dropdown - Use this dropdown to select between the available cabinet types including the Rotator cabinet effect..

Volume - This knob controls the volume output level of the Size - This knob controls size of cabinet effect, effectively the cabinet sim. size of the simulated cabinet.

Air - This knob controls the amount of the “Air” in the Fast Button - This button (available only with the Rotator cabinet effect, simulating distance between the virtual mic and cabinet type) toggles the rotation effect of the cabinet from cab. slow to fast.

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Delay Controls The Delay FX module is a configurable Delay effect.

Power Button - Toggles the effect on and off.

Rate - This knob controls the time between delays. Higher Feedback - This knob controls the feedback of the delay values mean a longer time between delays, creating a more effect. High values can cause and endless loop. pronounced echo. Mix - This knob controls the amount of wet and dry output of Damping - This knob controls the damping of the delay the effect. Values left-of-center reduce the wet level, while Apocalypse Percussion Ensemble effect, which attenuates and damps each successive echo. values right-of-center keep wet levels the same but reduces the dry level. Pan - This knob controls the amount of stereo panning of the delay effect. IRON SOUND Reverb Controls The Rever FX module allows users to load reverb impulses to simulated real-world spaces or effects. See Page 3 for details.

Power Button - Toggles the effect on and off. Lo Pass - Sets the low frequency cut-off of the impulse Custom Button - Turning this “On” bypasses the our built- response, allowing you to dull and darken the sound. in impulses so you can save presets with your own impulses in the Insert FX module through Kontakt’s Editor view. Hi Pass - Sets the high frequency cut-off of the impulse response, allowing you to remove rumble and low end. FX Menu - This menu allows you to select one of our special effect convolutions. Selecting an impulse from this menu Size - Sets the simulated room size of the convolution. overrides and unloads any currently loaded impulse from the Spaces menu. Delay - Sets the amount of pre-delay time before the wet signal is returned Rooms Menu - This menu allows you to select one of our real-world environmental convolutions. Selecting an impulse Mix - This knob controls the amount of wet and dry output of from this menu overrides and unloads any currently loaded the effect. Values left-of-center reduce the wet level, while values impulse from the Effects menu. right-of-center keep wet levels the same but reduces the dry level.

16 INSTRUMENT PRESETS

Standard /Instruments/Master/Standard/... (See Pages 5 - 7)

Apocalypse Ensemble All This is the master preset featuring the core multi-sampled single- stroke articulations for all basses, toms, snares, ethnic drums, auxiliary instruments, clacks and cymbals. See Pages 5 & 6. The key mapping is fully customizable, but defaults to the following: Drums C-1 - B4 Cymbals C5 - F7 Apocalypse Percussion Ensemble

Apocalypse Ensemble Bass & Toms This preset focuses on the Ensemble Bass Drums and Ensemble Floor Toms, Mid Toms and High Toms. IRON Single-Strokes C0 - B1 Flams C2 - G3

SOUND Apocalypse Ensemble Clacks This preset focuses on all of the wooden and metallic stick, rim, edge, and drum body clacks played on bass drums, toms, snares, dhols, djembes, doumbeks, sticks and frame drums. Single-Strokes C0 - G1, Flams G#1 - A2

Apocalypse Ensemble Cymbal Effects These are various Cymbal crescendos, rolls and effects. Use the Swell knob or Midi CC1 or CC72 to control roll dynamics. Ensemble C-2 - C-1 Crashes C#-1 - F#-1 Ting Shag Finger Cymbals G-1 - C0 Gong C#0 - C4 Ride 1 C#4 - A4 Ride 2 A#4 - F8

Apocalypse Ensemble Cymbals Single-stroke articulations for all cymbals. Use the Swell knob or Midi CC1 or CC72 to control roll dynamics. Strikes C-2 - B2 Rolls C#3 - B3 Single-shot combo FX C4 - G#7

Apocalypse Ensemble Ethnic Drums This preset focuses on the Ensemble Ethnic Percussion, featuring Dhol Drums, Frame Drums, Doumbeks, Djembes, Dafs and Riq Drums. Single-Strokes C0 - G1 Flams G#1 - D#3

Apocalypse Ensemble Snares This preset focuses on the Snare Drum Ensemble, featuring 8 different snare drums of all shapes and sizes. Single-Strokes C0 - F1 Flams F#1 - B2 17 Apocalypse Solo Bass & Toms This preset focuses on the Solo Bass Drums, Floor Toms, Mid Toms and High Toms. Use the Swell knob or Midi CC1 or CC72 to control roll dynamics for the sustaining articulations starting at G2. Strikes C0 - F2 Rolls G2 - B2

Apocalypse Solo Ethnic Drums This preset focuses on the Solo Ethnic Percussion, featuring Frame Drums, Bongos and Cajons. These also feature a special sample set that captures the process of destroying one of our large frame drums, resulting in an increasingly buzzy, aggressive snapping quality.

Apocalypse Percussion Ensemble Strikes C0 - G#2 Frame Head Rupture FX A2 - D3 "...there it went."

Apocalypse Solo Snares

IRON This preset focuses on solo snare drum single stroke, roll and crescendo articulations for 6 different types of snare drums: 13” x 9 “ deep maple snare, 13” Black Beauty, 13” metal piccolo snare, 10” birch snare, 7” effect snare, 5” single-head effect snare.

SOUND Use the Swell knob or Midi CC1 or CC72 to control roll dynamics for the sustaining articulations starting at D#3. Strikes C0 - C#3 Rolls D#3 - A4 Short Crescendo FX A#4 - C#6

Megamixer & Section Mixers /Instruments/Master/Megamixer/... (See Pages 8 & 9)

Apocalypse Ensemble All Megamixer This is the master preset featuring the core multi-sampled single- stroke articulations for all basses, toms, snares, ethnic drums, auxiliary instruments, clacks and cymbals. The key mapping is fully customizable. See Page 8.

Apocalypse Ensemble Bass & Toms Mixer This preset focuses on the Ensemble Bass Drums and Ensemble Floor Toms, Mid Toms and High Toms. Basses C0 - F1 Low Toms F#1 - D#2 High Toms E2 - B2 Rim Clacks C3 - G3

Apocalypse Ensemble Clacks Mixer This preset focuses on all of the wooden and metallic stick, rim, edge, and drum body clacks played on bass drums, toms, snares, dhols, djembes, doumbeks, sticks and frame drums. Low C0 - G0 Lower-Mid G#0 - D#1 Upper-Mid E1 - B1 High C2 - A2

18 Apocalypse Ensemble Cymbals Mixer Single-stroke articulations for all cymbals. Use the Swell knob or Midi CC1 or CC72 to control roll dynamics for the sustaining roll and crescendo articulations.

Strikes: Ride C-2 - F-2 Crash F#-2 - A-1 Hi-Hats A#-1 - G1 Ting Shag Finger Cymbals G#1 - G2 Gong G#2 - B2

Rolls: Ride C#3 Ting Shag D3 Gong D#3 - F3

Apocalypse Percussion Ensemble Crash G3 - B3 Single Shot Ensemble Strike FX C4 - G#7

Apocalypse Ensemble Ethnic Drums Mixer IRON This preset focuses on the Ensemble Ethnic Percussion, featuring Dhol Drums, Frame Drums, Doumbeks, Djembes, Dafs and Riq Drums. Dhols C0 - D#1 SOUND Frame Drums E1 - G1 Doumbeks G#1 - G2 Riqs & Dafs G#2 - D#3

Apocalypse Ensemble Snares Mixer This preset focuses on the Snare Drum Ensemble, featuring 8 different snare drums of all shapes and sizes. Sticks C0 - F0 Brushes F#0 - F1 Snares Off F#1 - B1 Rim Clacks & Drumstick Clicks C2 - B2

Apocalypse Solo Bass & Toms Mixer This preset focuses on the Solo Bass Drums, Floor Toms, Mid Toms and High Toms. Use the Swell knob or Midi CC1 or CC72 to control roll dynamics for the sustaining articulations starting at G2. Bass Drums C0 - D#0 Floor Toms E0 - G0 Mid Toms G#0 - D#1 High Toms E1 - F2 Floor Tom rolls G2 - B2

Apocalypse Solo Ethnic Drums Mixer This preset focuses on the Solo Ethnic Percussion, featuring Frame Drums, Bongos and Cajons. These also feature a special sample set that captures the process of destroying one of our large frame drums, resulting in an increasingly buzzy, aggressive snapping quality. Frame Drums C0 - B0 Bongos C1 - F1 Cajon F#1 - B1 Frame Head Rupture FX C2 - D3

19 Apocalypse Solo Snares Mixer This preset focuses on solo snare drum single stroke, roll and crescendo articulations for 6 different types of snare drums. Use the Swell knob or Midi CC1 or CC72 to control roll dynamics for the sustaining articulations starting at D#3.

Strikes: 10x9” Deep Maple (Snare 1) C0 - A0 13x6” Black Beauty (Snare 5) A#0 - F1 10x8” Birch & 13” x 4” Piccolo (Snares 3 & 4) F#1 - F2 7x3” FX & 5x2” FX (Snares 2 & 6) F#2 - C#3

Rolls: Dynamic Layer CC1 Cross-Fade Rolls D#3 - F3 Individual Rolls F#3 - A4 Short Crescendo FX A#4 - C#6 Apocalypse Percussion Ensemble

IRON Tuned Dual-Layer /Instruments/Master/Tuned Dual-Layer/... (See Page 10) SOUND

Apocalypse Ensemble Bass & Toms Tuned This preset focuses on the Ensemble Bass Drums and Ensemble Floor Toms, Mid Toms and High Toms.

Apocalypse Ensemble Clacks Tuned This preset focuses on all of the wooden and metallic stick, rim, edge, and drum body clacks played on bass drums, toms, snares, dhols, djembes, doumbeks, sticks and frame drums.

Apocalypse Ensemble Cymbal Rolls Tuned Sustaining roll articulations for all cymbals, with release samples. The Midi Loops tab is not available in this preset.

Apocalypse Ensemble Cymbals Tuned Single-stroke articulations for all cymbals.

Apocalypse Ensemble Ethnic Drums Tuned This preset focuses on the Ensemble Ethnic Percussion, featuring Dhol Drums, Frame Drums, Doumbeks, Djembes, Dafs and Riq Drums.

Apocalypse Ensemble Snares Tuned This preset focuses on the Snare Drum Ensemble, featuring 8 different snare drums of all shapes and sizes.

Apocalypse Solo Bass & Toms Tuned This preset focuses on the Solo Bass Drums, Floor Toms, Mid Toms and High Toms.

20 Apocalypse Solo Ethnic Drums Tuned This preset focuses on the Solo Ethnic Percussion, featuring Frame Drums, Bongos and Cajons. These also feature a special sample set that captures the process of destroying one of our large frame drums, resulting in an increasingly buzzy, aggressive snapping quality.

Apocalypse Solo Snares Tuned This preset focuses on solo snare drum single stroke articulations for 6 different types of snare drums: 13” x 9 “ deep maple snare, 13” Black Beauty, 13” metal piccolo snare, 10” birch snare, 7” effect snare, 5” single-head effect snare. Apocalypse Percussion Ensemble Apocalypse Solo Snare Rolls Tuned This preset focuses on just the sustaining snare rolls for 3 snare drums - the 13” Black Beauty, 13” metal piccolo snare and 10” birch snare. The Midi Loops tab is not available in

IRON this preset.

SOUND Ambiences /Instruments/Master/Tuned Dual-Layer/... (See Page 10)

Apocalypse Ambiences These are custom designed ambient textures, pads, soundscapes and drones that we created by manipulating the original library source material. They generally have a dark, foreboding feeling to them. Because they are carved from the same source as the acoustic drum recordings in this library, these creative soundscapes and pads will blend and mesh extremely well with the tone and timbre of the other instruments in the Apocalypse Percussion Ensemble.

This preset uses the same control interface as the Tuned Dual- Layer presets, with two independently adjustable and blendable layers. All of these sounds are sustaining and can be played just like a synthesizer or organ. Some are roughly tuned to an approximate note, while others are purely textural and atonally ambient. The mapping for each of them can span the whole key-range, from C-2 to G8, or you can customize the keymapping to use any ranges you wish.

Each ambience is very unique and deﬁes any sort of proper written description, so we'll just list their names here:

Ave Atque Vale Premon Blotter Rotazor Blown Airlock Shibbering Break All The Pipes Slitheringaweight Congravitational Slivers Depths Somnobulism Glowmaggot Steeling Phat Hydroreactor Subarachnoid Space Imperious Rex Submariner Into O Tremoral Morbidundum Undertower Nevering 21 APOCALYPSE PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE

ENSEMBLE DRUMS Doumbek Ensemble Solo Bongos Roll B p Head Strike 1 Low Strike Roll B mp Bass Drum Ensemble Head Strike 2 High Strike Roll B mf Strike 1 Metal Rim Click Roll B f Strike 2 Head Strike 1 Flam Solo Cajon (w/wires) Roll B ff Strike 3 Head Strike 2 Flam Low Strike Short/Fast Crescendo FX Strike 4 Metal Rim Click Flam High Strike Long/Slow Crescendo FX Strike 5 Choked Crescendo FX

Apocalypse Percussion Ensemble Rim Drum Stick Ensemble Solo Snare 1 (Maple 13x9”) Clack Shoulder Click Center Crashes Strike 1 Flam Shank Clack Edge Crash Strikes (17") Strike 2 Flam Shoulder Click Flam Rim Shot Crash Rolls (17") Strike 3 Flam Shank Clack Flam Sidestick Crash Crescendo FX (17")

IRON Strike 4 Flam Snares Off China Strikes (19") Strike 5 Flam Crash Cymbal Ensemble Hybrid-Crash Strikes (16") Rim Flam Low Crashe Strikes Solo Snare 2 (5x2” FX snare) Small Crash (14") Clack Flam High Crashes Strikes Snares On Dynamic Rolls Snares Off Splashes

SOUND Tom Ensemble Short Crescendo FX Trash Splash (6") High Strike Long Crescendo FX Solo Snare 3 (10x8” birch) Rippled Splash (7") Mid-High Strike Giant Crash Strike On-Shots 61 Center Small Splash (8") Mid Strike 62 Edge Large Splash (10") Mid-Low Strike 63 Rim Low Strike 64 Wires Off Hi-Hats High Strike Flam SOLO DRUMS Closed Bell (Fully-Clamped) Mid-High Strike Flam Solo Snare 4 (13x4” piccolo) Closed Tight Mid Strike Flam Solo Bass Drum 65 Center Closed Mid-Low Strike Flam Strike Front 66 Edge Semi Closed Low Strike Flam Strike Back 67 Wires Off Semi Open Open Snare Ensemble Solo Floor Tom Solo Snare 5 (14x6” Black Wide Open Stick Center Tight Strike 1 Beauty) Foot-Pedal Full Down Brush Center Tight Strike 2 68 Center Foot-Pedal Full Up Stick Edge Tight Roll p w/release 69 Wires Off Foot-Pedal Closed Snares Off Center Tight Roll mf w/release Stick Rim Tight Roll f w/release Solo Snare 6 (7x3” FX snare) Ting Shag (Finger Cymbals) Stick Center Flam Roll ff w/release Snares On Strike Open Ring Brush Center Flam Snares Off Back Stick Edge Flam Solo Mid Tom Stike Choke Snares Off Center Flam Strike 1 Clap Stick Rim Flam Strike 2 Cup Strike 3 CYMBALS Fast Scrapes Dhol Ensemble Strike 4 Rhythmic Scraping Rolls Bass Dagga Strike Rim Ride 1 (Sticks) High Tihli Strike Strikes Gong (38") Side Dagga Clack Solo High Tom Choke Mallet Strike Rim Tihli Click Strike 1 Roll p Choked Strikes Bass Dagga Strike Flam Strike 2 Roll mp Short/Fast Crescendo FX High Tihli Strike Flam Roll mf Long/Slow Crescendo FX Side Dagga Clack Flam Solo Roto Tom Roll f Short/Fast Choked Crescendo FX Rim Tihli Click Flam Strike 1 Roll ff Long/Slow Choked Crescendo FX Strike 2 Crescendo FX Roll A pp Frame Drum Ensemble Strike 3 Roll A mp (Bodhrans) Strike 4 Ride 2 (Suspended w/ Mallets) Roll A f Strike Tight Strikes Roll B pp Strike Flam Solo Frame Drums Roll A pp Roll B mp (Bodhran) Roll A p Roll B f Riq & Daf Ensemble Frame Strike 1 Roll A mp Roll B ff Riq & Daf Strike Center Frame Strike 2 Roll A mf Roll C mf Riq & Daf Strike Edge Frame Strike 3 Roll A f Roll C fff Riq & Daf Strike Center Flam Frame Strike 4 Roll A ff Choked Roll p Riq & Daf Strike Edge Flam Frame Smash Roll A Bell Choked Roll mf Roll B pp Choked Roll f 22 SOUNDIRON SOFTWARE LICENSING AGREEMENT

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Versions 2.0 Release Notes: • Added the Far mic position to over 60 articulations. • Added a variety of Gong articulations. • Added a variety of Hi-Hat articulations in a range of pedal positions. • Added a variety of suspended Ride Cymbal articulations. • Added a variety of Ting Shag articulations in a range of open and mute positions (Tibetan Finger Cymbals). • Added a variety of Ensemble Snare ﬂam articulations. • Fully re-mixed and re-mastered all Ensemble Snare articulations. • Added a variety of Midi drum loops. • Added ﬂexible Midi Groove loading and playback system. • Added mic mixing options to all presets (output re-routing feature only in master presets). • Added sub-group release controls to main Ensemble All Preset. • Expanded the features of the Megamixer system • Expanded the features of the Uberpeggiator / ARP meta-arpeggiator system • Added full Effects Rack panel. • Added various custom keymapping features to all presets. • Redesigned all GUI artwork and instrument layout. • Optimized and streamlined preset types, folder structure, zone mapping, group structure, loading and overall performance.

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